The Globalization of Ethics

Informationen zum Autor William M. Sullivan is Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and has been Professor of Philosophy at La Salle University, where he is now Associate Faculty. He is co-author of Habits of the Heart, and author of Reconstructing Public Philosophy and Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America, 2nd edition. Will Kymlicka is Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University and visiting professor at the Central European University in Budapest. He has written and edited many titles, including Contemporary Political Philosophy and Multiculturalism in Asia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, as well as the current President of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Zusammenfassung Seeks to provide an alternative to post-9/11 pessimism about the ability of ethical dialogue to resolve disagreements. It begins by acknowledging the problem: on our tightly interconnected planet! entire populations look for moral guidance to religious and cultural traditions! which often stiffen! rather than soften! opposing moral perceptions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the globalization of ethics Will Kymlicka; 2. Global ethics and the international law tradition Daniel Philpott; 3. Morality and universality in Jewish thought Michael Walzer; 4. Globalization in Christian ethics Max L. Stackhouse; 5. Buddhism and the globalization of ethics Peter Nosco; 6. Muslim perspectives on global ethics Muhammad Khalid Masud; 7. Confucianism: ethical uniformity and diversity Richard Madsen; 8. Natural law, common morality, and particularity Mark C. Murphy; 9. Liberalism and the globalization of ethics Chris Brown; 10. Feminist perspectives on a planetary ethic Kimberley Hutchings; 11. Ethical universalism and particularism: a comparison of outlooks William M. Sullivan.

Product details

• Authors: William M. Sullivan
• Assisted by: Will Kymlicka (Editor), Kymlicka Will (Editor), William M. Sullivan (Editor), Sullivan William M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.2007
• EAN: 9780521700214
• ISBN: 978-0-521-70021-4
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 227 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Globalization, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy